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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-05-19
First publication April p. 1857.
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Sheriff Of Manitowoc county. Wis
Schmitz & hlrwan, plaintiffs attorneys.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-05-19

THE Goodrich Transportation Co. is
getting an unusual amount of freight
from points north of here this spring.
The Corona has more than she can do
and the other boats have had to go 10 as
sist her in carrying the freight awaiting
shipment. 1t is said this increase of bus
mess is due to the increased rates on
freight shipped to Chicago by rail. Con
siderable of the freight which the Good
rich line now has comes from Green Bay.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1887-01-22
A Good Story from France.

There is good story still told in tho
French War Office to the effect that for
ten years soldier was stationed in tho
passage-way leading to the minister's
private apartments, with orders not to
let people touch the walls. But no ono
seemed to understand why this was
done. Now, new Minister of an
inquisitive turn of mind, who de-
termined to find out the explanation Of
a circumstance that his fifty predeces-
sors had never remarked. But no one
could give him any light; not even the
chief clerk, nor the subordinates who
had been in Office half century. But
a certain door-keeper, an old fellow
with good memory, recollected that
on certain occasion soldier was
placed there because the walls had
been painted, and the Minister'S wife
had got spot on her dress The paint
had dried, but the sentinel had been
Ieft--Trutl1,
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1887-01-22
VALUABLE RELICS.
Three Curious Mcmentors of Revolutionary
Days Preserved in a Delaware Town.

Three Curious Mcme,ttors of Revolutionary
Days Preserved in a Delaware Town.
One is silver strainer. which Benia-
min Franklin had made out of his first
dollar that he had ever earned. An
other is a worn prayer book, which
also belonged to Franklin. In it is
written the name of Betty Parker, a
young girl to whom he gave it, with
these words of advice:
.sGo to church constantly, whoever
breaches. The act of devotion is your
principal business there, and if properly
attended to. will do more towards
mending the heart than sermons gener-
allv can do. Yet / do not mean that
you should despise sermons, evenif you
dislike the preacher, for the discourse
is often much better than the man, as
sweet and clear water comes through
very dirty earth"
The other memento is of Il different
character. 1t is bullet, covered with
thick coating of rust. At the battle
of Brandywine General Lafayette was
shot, and fell.
General, 1 am wounded,' he said to
Washington, as he was carried past the
chief.
81 am sorry for it, was the reply.
..Sir, l am not sorryr' the young
Frenchman answered, quickly.
The bullet had passed through the
leg and could be felt under the skin
at the other side. No surgeon came
to dress the wound. A woman named
Bell McClosky cut out the bullet with
her scissors and bandaged the leg so
skilfully that when the surgeon ex-
amined it nothing more was needed.
This woman was the wife of a poor
soldier who followed her husband to
every battlefield, and gave what help
she could to the wounded and dying.
When Lafayette returned to this country
in 1924, he visited Delaware, and re-
ceived splendid welcome, civil and
military. But he did not forget the
wosan who had come to his help. Bell
McClosky was brought to Wilmington
and presented to him. She had pre-
served the bullet and it is cherished by
her descendants as the memento of
brave man and good woman.-Y Youths
Companion.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1887-01-22
ST. FRANCIsvILLE La. SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 1887

Ahe moon being on the waue. after
au sounds had ceased we returned to
camp, with many promises to each
other to take up the spoor of our
wounded enemies in the morning and
track them to their death. According
ly at daybreak, with a party of fifty
Arab beaters we returned to the
''stand'' and were soon on the spoor Of
the wounded ioness. The sand was
torn up for quite space, as if the ami
NAL had suffered terrible agony, and
following the trail for at least nine
miles in a southeasterly direction, the
dogs gave tongue at tamerisk brake,
that extended op three sides of quite
BIS Of lraekish- water-~ Some four or
- ~ the dogs. of better blood than
the average Arab cur, dashed into the
tangle, and the next instant we had the
satisfaction of seeing the mangled re-
mains of one flung up in the air, from
about the center of the patch. A
chorus of yelps and snarIings now
set in, and one disconsolate cur
limped painfully out, his ribs
bare of flesh where the Iioness' paw
had struck him. We were now in a
predicament. After an hours internal
clatter by the beaters, we were as far
from getting her royal highness out as
ever, for show herself she would not.
eff the tamarisk is only dry enough"
quoth Mac, 1--WE can soon smoke her
out;'' and he galloped round through
the beaters and volley of flaming
torches rained into the brake. This
fetched her. She made a gallant
charge out and almost up to US, before
we gave her all four barrels. 1t stopped
her, and for a moment the noble beast
seemed stunned. Then, as the smoke
cleared away, we saw her return to the
shelter. More torches were thrown in,
and four times did the desperate lion
ness charge us dauntlessly, and receive
our fire, before finally biting the dust.
She had eleven bullet holes in her,
beside the smashed shoulder l had
given her the night before. With that
bullet in her, (Which had passed through
her and lay against her ribs on the op-
posite side to that it had entered) she
had travelled nearly nine miles, had
made five determined rushes, killed
and disabled four dogs, and died like
the heroine she was, in mid-charge.
And Maccovoy, turning to me, asked:
doctor, do you still hold to the opin-
id IA that lion is no better than big
dpg?' And l could find no answer,
fs4rsssoTGs OF prafs for thenobie Great
uie that lay dead before us. Too much
time had elapsed for US to track the
other lion successfully, the spoor hav-
ing been obliterated by the feet of
other game. But two lions out of three
wasn't such bad work for twenty-four
hours, after all. and we returned to
camp fully satisfied with our days
sport.-Algerian Cor. London Standard.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1887-01-22
Is LIFE WORTH LIvlNo7

els life worth livingy" Ask OF him
Who tolls both day and night
TO make little home for those
So dear unto his sight.
els III worth hvings" Ask of her
Who, crowned with widows weeds,
Doth find supremest happiness
In kind and noble deeds.
s1s life worth living" Ask again
OF those whose highest aim
Is to assist their fellow man,
Without one thought of fame.
sIs life worth livingT' All! dear friend,
Lot these good people tell;
A better question far is this
II life worth living well?
COLUMBUS Dispdtols.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1887-01-22

In 1s49 a deposit of $40 was made
In the savings bank at Dover, N. II, 1t
remained in she bank until the other
day, when the book was presented and
the account closed by the paymes. Of
$195. .S3,-Bostoas Herald.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
The Nervous Traveller.

The most entertaining individual to
meet on railroad train is the nervous
traveller. If he is man he is generally
consumptive-looking person of about
40 wears of age, with sandy whiskers
and eyeglasses. If it is woman, she
is generally about so or 60 years of age,
and weighs about 242s pounds. more or
less. Both of these types carry bags,
baskets, parcels. ETC., without number.
keep putting up and down windows.
rush off at the wrong station, and in a
hundred ways make themselves un-
popular as we'll as amusing.
An old lady of this style of human
development was sitting near the car
door. the other day, on New Jersey
Central train, when brakeman stuck
his head in the door and yelled out the
name of the station.
Good gracious, what an awful
voice - cried the old lady, as she jump
ed about three feet '.How can you
howl like that and brighten body to
death p''
The brakeman looked mad for min
ute and then said:
Excuse me, madam, if you don't
like my voice, I'm dim sorry. But If
you think this road can engage a $780,
600 tenor soloist to sing out the names
of the stops in the key Of A sharp and
MARBLE between stations, you're the
most mistaken creature that walks, and
it's pretty dim evident"
The old lady had nothing further t.
say. -NewGrk (MJ.) Sunday Call.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Metternich on Napoleon III.

One evening, when happened to be
alone with the Prince, our converse
ton turned on Napoleon III. HE is
= power" remarked prince Metternich
ssthat must be taken into account.
But he forgets that a man cannot be
Emperor par la grace de dieu and par
la volonte rationale at one and the
same time. That is contradictio in
adjecto. He must take his choice-to
grasp the reins of government either
as the heir oil Napoleon /. or as the
elected candidate of universal suffrage.
This contradiction will cause his down.
fall. shall not live to see it, but re-
member my words. This Bonaparte
has built nothing that will last A
few weeks later Iheard the same pro-
phecy at Buckingham Palace from the
lips of Prince Albert, and it struck me
as remarkable that the two political
antipodes, the Conservative Prince
Metternich and the Liberal Prince
Albert, should agree almost to the let
ter in their estimate of Napoleon III.
"Hc is no. philosopher" said Prince
Albert, sor he would have understood
that no sovereign can owe his crown
at once to hereditary succession and
universal suffrage. This contradic-
ton is bound to be the ruin, / don't
say OF himself personally-perhaps he
is destined to die an Emperor in his
bed-but OF his system, his dynasty.
He has built nothing lasting; he is on
~ q meteor-no fixed star. st. Pet
ersburg and London. Count Vitzhum.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Convenience of the Cigarette.

The habit of smoking cigarettes
among public officials is alarmingly on
the increase. 1t is due, no doubt, to
the fact that the cigarette affords
means of satisfying an appetite or
craving for tobacco and affords enough
pleasure to the smoker to last for the
time it is wanted. "A cigar or pipe is
too much of smoke" said an official,
to an american represen tative about
the matter to-day, Tin the office where
you are liable to be called on at a NOM
ent's notice by lady or summoned in
to the presence Of superior. In an
emergency of the kind the little thing
can be thrown aside. The cigarette,
you see, is cheap. A good cigar less
than 10 cents in price is not considered
the thing to be seen in the mouth
of an official with some authority. The
cigarette also affords little pleasure,
and it is very convenient" The same
argument was found to prevail among
all the officials who were seen using
the little article. Army officers, as II
rule. were noticed to be addicted large
ly to the habit of using the cigarette.
They find it cheaper in the long run
than cigars. 1t has now become
common among them to offer friend
cigarette. If refused. the reply is:
Il used to smoke cigars, but | find
the cigarette is more conven .ent. "
Nearly all the young men and, in fact,
not few of the old men in high social
life can be seen smoking them. At any
of the receptions it is customary now
to see groups of men in the gentle
mems room putting away vigorously
ON the .'little delight 1t is rarely
to see CIGAR used on such occasions.
A large tobacconist here stated in con-
versation to-day that the sale of cigar
ettes was enormous in this city, and
was not confined in any class. He
stated that the government clerks
bought largely of them, as they con-
sidere,l it much cheaper for them to
use on the sly during office hours. -
Raltsnsoav american,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16

attorney. II had case not long ago.
An inventor living way back in the
country wrote me that he wanted to
get out q patent on churn. The
peculiar feature OF the invention was
that at the same time the cream was
churned the butter made was collected
in the churn by particular motion in
churning. But the man had not tho
happy faculty of expressing himself
on paper with clearness. and SO when
he wrote personally for Il patent they
threw the thing out of the office be-
cause they could not understand it.
Well. one night | bought a gallon and
a half of cream, and after | got home
l got out the churn and poured the
cream into it. l churned away for
about ten minutes, and then. hauling
up the lid, saw about three pounds OF
butter nicely packed against one side
of the churn. When presented the
case to the exam ner lie again threw it
out, but l appealed to the board. be-
cause l was satisfied that it was a
practical idea When the day came
for me to demonstrate the theory |
got the same amount of cream, and,
using the same means, produced a
similar result The board was aston
ished. The examiner. who was present,
was more so, and asked me to eiuci-
date the theory for his benefit. l told
him did not know any more than he
how it was done. The effect was pro-.
duced by the motion of the cream in
the churn. as l told YOU When
churned it was sent from one side to
the other, and then back to the center,
and l never saw butter packed more
neatly in my life. Why, it did not
leave even decent buttermilk. - Wash
ingt0n Star.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
To Find the South Pole.

Adventures who contemplate going
on expeditions to discover the South
Pole, in order that they may secure
the reward that has been offered by the
Mayor and City Council for its capture.
dead or alive, should count the difficult
ties before starting out. There is no
railroad running anywhere near it, and
navigation hash been push
ed within thousands of miles of the
spot where the pole is planted There
are no Esquimaux tribes hanging
around in the vicinity to drag starved
and frozen voyagers out of the e-tloes
into their snow-huts to resusctate
them on lamp oil and dipped candles.
When threatened with starvation you
stand no chance whatever of stumbling
on supply of frozen dog-meat hid
away by preceding explorers and lost.
because there have been no preceding
explorers. You won't eTen have the
satisfaction of discovering relics of the
Sir John Franklin expedition, which
was the only reward that travellers to
the North Pole realized for years and
years. You will find no Hudson Bay
Company to furnish you with canned
meat when your own supplies give out,
and it is doubtful about your being able
to induce the dogs of that remote local
ity to haul your sledges over the ice
fields. They havn't been used to any
such exercise. Reliable charts of the
route are not to be had. and guides
would be difficult to find, since up to
this time there has been no demand for
any. Take our advice and don't go
fooling around the South Pole. 7e1as
Siftinqs.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Tears Blinded Her.

A little Irish immigrant girl stood with
in tho rallied inclosure in the center of
Castle Garden looking for her father.
who had promised to meet her. She
startled Supt. jackson by grasping his
arm and enchanting;
..Oh, there he is! there he is!'
"Wherep" asked the superintendent.
II don't see him now.
What do you mean BY thatr' the
superintendent inquired somewhat
sharply. why don't you see him2"
''Sure, sorr, the tears have kilt me
powers of observation entirely"
THE superintendent wiped away q
briny drop and went out himself and
found tho father. ---Aes0 York Sun
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16

.'Why haven't a 600-acre farm a.
we'll as that man riding by in his car
riagep" yelled q red-nSsed Anarchist
orator as he glared at the crowd.
Because ho saved 5000 and bought
his farm when it cost him % an acre,
and you poured your 5000 down your
throat" responded man on the back
seat and tho orator asked no more CO
nundrums - Chicago Tribune.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
California's Curse

In the Chinese slave mart here =
healthy young Chinese woman cost
more money now than a negro planta.
ton hand did in the ante bellum days
in Mississippi or Georgia. And tho
courts almost wink at this system q
slavery under this ',government Of thu
people, for the people, By the people. "
San Ffoncisco Cheonicls,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16

Helene, the only daughter OF Baron
solomon Rothschild OF Paris is going
to marry Captain Van Smessiel, q
poor young man in the Belgian army.
However, HELENE and her husband
will not suffer. She has already an
immense fortune in Ter own right and
her dot will be about $50, OOO. 600.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
The One Weak Spot.

The great trouble with American
Journalism is that the men who know
just how newspaper ought be run
are, unfortunately, engaged in some
other business driving stage. digging
post-holes, herding sheep, or acting as
deputy sheriff Burnet {7'ex. Hero.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
Living in the Busy Present.

The south Of to-day has something
else to do besides worrying over the
blunders or brilliancies Of war times.
We are now ON the broad battlefield Of
human progress, not delving among
unhappy reminiscences.--Fort North
Gazette.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16
A Good Exchange.

The man in Kingston. Ont, who ex-
changed hats with O'Brien so that the
after might not be recognized BY his
,hiny beaver had 9 longShead. &c got
the glory and O'Brien got theston-
'ng. Spring field Republican.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16

Now i the time when the man who keeps
pehs pegins 70 be Viewed with intense anxiety
" biz neighbors who hare gardens BNr-
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-06-16

4 dog Il property whom 1t has been stolen;
but II Is not property when the tax assessor
comes round --New OylAms Picaywss.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1887-11-30

Blabet v9eelp Sort @orlo" meooez
Ter. at Gerbens bebite So er bpo.
Set bar en- SerleDfo meb g}apnet
@urptas, Ser bprte biemme 9arz
lineton, Der er b(euet ct Mecca, ,boor
til 5unoreoer al So Glltere bar oalz
fartet forat ie ben. @ieren TT l1ot
uper IT'S &o. @mpr al bent ct Iar.
@n af bens aalue blep betolt meo
$12.5oO, ba ben bar Il Tiger sam=
mel. Ds bet er iepnlis b1epen torz
talt, at Gieren al @urotas fprite 0gez
falp afilos Gilbuoet om $4,000 for
ben, oa BEN bar poflen, flyer Blas
bet.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1887-11-30

timber 9perltriiten rgi saar iremz
ab" oplples Der St. Paul Farmer,
at bet life ct mere ene $50 MGr, iiben
BET / England peo Sob bles forbubt
at plpie paa ben Maaoe, at 9rerne
trat Elo9en efter 9alen. os at ripe
11loen al Taarene iitebetfor at Hip
pc ben.
So ri ruler fremoper.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1887-11-30

os ba nsan {tuloe unoerlpse ON Nar=
| Iagen bertil fqnot man, at &uinoen
bar leoenoe, lfibut uoen Bepioitbeo,
og at bun bapoe fgot ct Barn. Mooer
% Barn befinoer fig pel.
- ct Barn opr Eaflisel1esoasen,
| foroi bets Mober bar intet at }pi]e.
Sra ct. Souls meooeles 25oe
Noub., at ct Barn tilbprenoe 8m.
Mitdeq blep funbet ogo ueo Mooe=
rens @ioe / Mascautab, Sqinois, 9az
gen fbr, oa Coroner @ooos af9ap ben
&jenoelle, at Barnet bar npo al
Cult. Mooeren pibneoe, at bun par
bleuen faitet uo af 6useieren llsen
Toroeien, at bun lite baooe imast
Mao paa naiten en- llse, at benoes
Mano bar borte, o9 at bun bapoe ban,
bret paa @aberne meo 8arnet peo bet
TONNE Brplt.
- Sit $4,000 for en- pereilps 6us=
bomb. Sra Chicago meooeles ben
26oe bs.: Mas9ie Goonep, II gar
gammel, fom fra County &errD, ST.
lanD, for omtrent ct slar foeu o9 tit
en- Elabs lom Eienel ltepise. SUN
blep fienot meo Ell Sporpoanstub1t
peb Napn Sobn @. greiabton, os
bette fprte omlioer til, at 9omz
mer @bite gap bam &alget
meuem at eate Wfassie eler at
tomme Tansiel. 6an palste oa bet
fprfe o9 be bleo itrar pieoe. Men
life ipr bar bette ejort,fpr ban rpmte
jim 8ei fra &onen os git meo BET ipr=
ite 1ren til g2etp Sort, Set bar bet
famine Gren, iom bleu poelaat oeo
Routs / sSnbiana, os Creighton oar
blanot De iorulptteoe. @aalnart oetz
te bleo befienot, raa0eoe ben forlaote
unse 9uirus Benner benoe til, at
bun ltulbe losi9se Sernbanefompasz
MET for @taoescrlatnins, 1aa 9iorz
be buu. SUN forlanste $4,000.
Sbqs ino9itS nefOmpasniet 5orz
lig meo benbe og betalte benoe $4,000.
@aainart bun tit 8ensene, tipbte bun
en- Billet os ct nu paa &eien biem til
Sr}tano isien.
= Mope1to, California, ,27oe 9eoo.
st Sig fanotes beusenoe / en- Iser
omtrins en- bolu Mi( 8eit for Dat
bale igaar, &eo narmere unoerIp=
selle piite bet fig, at bet bar 2iset al
en- Gut peb gtapn Tranf Mc@ut9eon,
os at ban bar blepen lnn9et al en-
8pbelbob. s Oatoale bar / ben iez
mere Eio ueret mango Sloebranoe,
1om bar peret paa1atte. Jreoag Nf=
ten greb man unge Mc@ut6eon paa
ferf @iernine ifero meo at iette Slb
poa en- 2aoe, ps ban blep fprt til SUI
itice @arben, lom lob bam iette
Jensiel forat afoente Gorbpr peo en-
bpiere Set. BepR9ellen bleo flor /
Datbale, oe bet anlaaes npooenoist
at Tptte Sansen tit @ountDfeugilet
for bans @ifterbeos Stplo. Gent ONT
Mftenen besao &onitabel @amantal
1ig af1teb meo Tan9en bio til BDen,
men paa Seien blep ban opermanoet
al EFT 4pbelbob, Der benste 6ansen /
ct Ere, SIR ban bleo benst, be-
fienote ban, at ban baooe 9iort fig
fplbis / 10 el1er 10 Slospaalatteller
Oafbole / De liblte to Tiger.
= Nt(anta / Georgia bat to @ar
peret en- probibitionsbp, men peo
@alget 1iote 2proag, tabte 8robibi=
tionilterne. Moopartiet bapoe en-
Waioritet al 1922. Set belle 9lnz
tai faItebe 6temmer bar omfrtng
5000.
= Manoagsnor9en inotraf en g.
plofon / ct 9otel Milmaufee, og
l1lptfen bapoe tiltplge, at en- Eerion
pmfom % mango 1aareoes. Blanbt
be folte er Der en- Gieneltepise pec
geapn Carrie Slien, Der ifelse 9eap=
net maa pere @fanoinap. Sen brRb>
te bar en- g3rs. Gage.
Nf.So4 0}c%, 11nrf YSnr1h" mphnP>
Tombstone epitaph., 1887-08-20

Dunbar is giving the Mormons tafy. In closing a labored editorial in the Gazette he says:
 Gods religion is broader than any creed or set, and any man or set of men, who endeavey by legislation or other wise 10 ahridge the rights of citizens, w'il find an opponent worthy of their st) le in the Gazette.
 "Worthy of their style" is good. Per haps John mean, to say he would prove 10 be 'foeman worthy of thelr steel, Uohn Is great on quota,ions) but he evil dently bad prejudice against the word for some reason, and substituted "style, which, as we said before, is good.